St Josephs College High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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For the Greater Glor of God T. ICNATIUS was born in 1491 at Loyola in the Province of Cuipuzcoa, Spain. As a young boy he became a page at the court of Ferdinand and lsabella. The turning point of his life came in 1521 when he was wounded during the French attack on Pampeluna, capital of Navarre. During convalescence, the reading of a Life of Christ led to an intense interior struggle which terminated in a vision of the Blessed Virgin with the Child Jesus, at whose sight he felt a surpassing sweetness, which finally left him with a loathing for his past sinsf' His conversion was complete, but the planning of his life's work took another twenty years. In March, 1522, he made a general confession at Montserrat where he suspended his sword and spent the vigil of the Annunciation in watching at Our Lady's altar. The next eleven months he often retired to the cave of Manresa where he began to make notes which grew into the book of the Spiritual Exercises. Seven hours a day he spent in prayer and three times a day he scourged his emaciated body. After recovering from a severe illness brought on by these penances, he went to the Holy Land. In 1521 he began studying Latin with the school boys at Barcelona, and completed his philosophy and theology at the University of Paris in 1535. Mcantime at Montmartre in Paris, on August 15, 1534, Ignatius and a group of six followers pronounced their vows of poverty and chastity, adding the alternate promise of going to Palestine or placing themselves at the disposal of the Pope. En route to Rome, at La Storta, he had a vision of Cod the Father, in the company of His Son, who said, '61 will be propitious to you in Rome. Ignatius and his Company of Jesus offered their services to the Holy Father. On September 27, 1540, Pope Paul III approved the preliminary draft of the Constitutions, after the Fathers had promised to say 3,000 Masses to obtain this favor. In April, 15111, lgnatius was elected the first General, and on April 22 he and his companions made their profession in the Church of St. Paul, Outside the Walls. Ignatius continued to govern the Society until his death, July 31, 1556. He was beatihed by Paul, V in 1609, and canonized by Gregory XV in 1622. Pius X1 declared St. Ignatius heavenly patron of all Spiritual Exercises. Soldier of Spain Convert to Student of Christ Priest of Cod Saint of the Church

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.5 X S X .XX XFXXQ Xxx xx 'XX XX XX WE, THE CLASS of 1956, dedicate our Chronicle to St. Ignatius Loyola in this, the 400th anniversary of his birth into Heaven, because he has given us the Jesuits and inspired them with the firm and reassuring principles which have already put stability into our lives.

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